On Fri, Jun 15, 2012, at 09:04 AM, Natalie Wiest wrote: > On an entirely different topic, and realizing most on this list seem to be > from climes where direct exposure to the water is un-fun most of the year, any > of your crossed over to standup paddle-boarding? I'm sorely tempted here > - > like I need another boat in my garage, but it looks like great fun. I rented a stand up board last summer while on vacation. It was fun. I got out in some waist high surf and got a couple of rides - I crashed far more than I got rides... Over the winter I bought a standup paddle and I'm going to use an old windsurfer as a board, for flatwater exploring. The view from the standup board is very nice. I can see using a standup board for doing creek/marsh explorations. It's a fairly good ab workout. The mechanics of transferring the paddle stroke back into the board, through a standing position don't seem very good. I'll stick with a craft that has a seat and foot braces for getting anywhere. For me I can't justify the cost of an additional craft. I didn't like it enough to pay for a new board. The old windsurfer isn't a perfect shape, but it's in the garage and close enough. I'm sticking with my surf ski as a primary craft, with maybe one rental per year if there is waist high surf and I want to do that again... Kirk -- Kirk Olsen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jun 18 2012 - 05:12:32 PDT
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